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BSL connections for Continental SID, EMS, SIM2K and SDI3 (Renault, Dacia, Nissan, Ford, PSA, Hyundai, Kia, Porsche)

Every Continental ECU listed in this section of the manual is marked "BSL only": they can only be read and written by opening the ECU and putting the microcontroller into boot mode with the BSL jumper. Here is how to set the bench up for SID, EMS, SIM2K and SDI3.

Procedure

1. Check the ECU is one of those covered: SID208 TC1797, SID209 TC1797, SID305 TC1766, SID306 TC1766, SID307 TC1767, SID309 TC1767, SID310 TC1791, SID807 and SID807 EVO, EMS2208 TC1767, EMS24XX TC1791, EMS3155 TC1782, SIM2K-240 TC1767/TC1766, SIM2K-241 TC1767, SIM2K-305 TC1782, SDI3 TC1796. All of them are listed as "BSL only".
2. Open the ECU housing and take the board out: the BSL, power and data line points have to be hooked directly onto the board as shown in the photo for that specific variant.
3. Wire in this order — ground, power, data lines, BSL jumper — checking each point against the photo on the page for your designation.
4. If you are working on an EMS2208 TC1767, add the jumper wire from the "+3.3V supply" on the back of the board to the "+3.3V" point on the front, exactly as shown in the two manual photos (front and back).
5. Connect the AVDI to the wired-up set, power the bench and start the ECU Programming Tool.
6. Do a full read and save the backup file before any writing: in BSL you have no diagnostic safety net, and a missing file means an ECU to recover.
7. If the software will not pick the ECU up, kill the bench power, re-check the BSL jumper and the mechanical grip of the contacts on the board, then power it back up: most BSL failures come down to a contact that isn't holding.

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